Ainsworth

MR. AINSWORTH, 3700 N. U.S. Highway 17-92, died Wednesday. He was born in Shannonville, Ontario, Canada, and moved to Kissimmee from Ontario in 1987. He was a retired machinist for Canadian General Electric. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Canadian Legion. Survivors: wife, Barbara; daughter, Carol Brenan, Peterborough, Ontario; sons, Gary, William and Robert, all of Peterborough; four grandchildren. Grissom Funeral Home, Kissimmee.

Upset about wet concrete, Orlando attorney Jeffrey Ainsworth was arrested Tuesday on charges of threatening workers at the Camden at Orange Court apartments with a loaded .45-caliber pistol, according to Orlando police. The bankruptcy court specialist told the apartment manager he was going to shoot a contractor laying a concrete floor outside his unit, an arrest report stated. "Ainsworth walked over to a table and pulled the gun out again and loaded a bullet in the magazine and chambered a round," the report stated.

The medical reports may say that Joan Margaret Ainsworth of Umatilla died of congestive heart failure, but her daughter thinks it may have been a broken heart. Lori Pfister said her mother, who died March 9, was young by today's standards -- 72 -- and had been in relatively good health. However, she hadn't been the same since her husband of 55 years, Malcom "Bob" Ainsworth, died in October. "Part of me thinks she died of a broken heart after losing Dad," Pfister said. "She just could not live without him."

An elderly woman who was in extremely critical condition after a two-car crash in Polk County last week has died from her injuries, the Sheriff's Office said today. Dorothy Stump, 86, of Lake Wales died on New Year's Day. The driver of the other vehicle, Kenneth Ainsworth, 66, of Haines City, died last week. Ainsworth was driving his Impala west on Waverly Road near Lake Lee Drive on Wednesday when his vehicle crossed the double-yellow line while negotiating a curve. The Impala entered the eastbound lane and into the path of a 2006 Toyota Matrix driven by Stump.

A Kissimmee man found not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of a U.S. Navy woman has been sued by the woman's parents, who claim their daughter was killed as a result of negligence.Robert E. Ainsworth, Houston, filed suit in Osceola Circuit Court Monday seeking an unspecified amount in damages from George Beckwith. Ainsworth's daughter, Petty Officer Diane Ainsworth of Jacksonville, died June 16, 1984, from a bullet that pierced one of her lungs and a main artery.Beckwith did not deny firing the shot that killed Ainsworth, but, after a two-day trial, an Osceola County jury found him innocent of charges that he deliberately shot the woman.

Two men pleaded innocent to murder charges in the slaying of a man who prosecutors say offered a friend his pickup truck if the man would kill him. Gregory Lee Wood, 33, and William Joshua Young, 17, are charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the slaying of Frank Ainsworth. Ainsworth, 53, was upset his wife had left him and asked Wood to kill him in exchange for his 1954 Ford pickup, prosecutor Jim Conley said. Young agreed to take part in exchange for drugs, Conley said. Ainsworth's beaten body was found in his home March 5. He had called sheriff's deputies several times to say he was planning suicide, authorities said.

FINAL EDITION. The Kamloops Sentinel, which has published since 1880, is folding. Thomson Newspapers Ltd. blamed union problems for the paper's demise. About 40 mailroom workers went on strike Tuesday. Communications workers union officer Dick Ainsworth said workers struck because the company made no new offer on health and pension benefits. The Sentinel had published three times a week, with a press run of 28,000.

With no church secretary and no other paid staff, the Rev. James Shannon turns to his computer for help in his ministry.''I have my laptop (computer) secretary, and the Internet is my library,'' said Shannon, the Episcopal pastor of Christ Church Eddington, a small parish in Bensalem, Pa. ''I go online every morning. . . . I went on this morning, after I said my morning prayer.''As a subscriber to an $11-per-month online service called Ecunet, Shannon finds himself each day among thousands of clergy and other people exploring cyberspace.

If burning off calories is your only desire, sitting in a meeting can be as satisfying as vigorous lovemaking.Better yet, dig some worms.Of 250 activities recently ranked by a team of university researchers, only sleeping, sitting in a whirlpool and watching TV require less energy than sex.Top calorie-busters on the list include speed running, chopping wood with an ax at a fast clip and cross-country skiing uphill through hard snow, according to a report...

The medical reports may say that Joan Margaret Ainsworth of Umatilla died of congestive heart failure, but her daughter thinks it may have been a broken heart. Lori Pfister said her mother, who died March 9, was young by today's standards -- 72 -- and had been in relatively good health. However, she hadn't been the same since her husband of 55 years, Malcom "Bob" Ainsworth, died in October. "Part of me thinks she died of a broken heart after losing Dad," Pfister said. "She just could not live without him."

The best way to gain insight into the type of man Malcom "Bob" Ainsworth was is through a story his daughter tells of his frequent hospital visits. Each time he was admitted -- even down to the last time -- the clerk would ask him whether he had a living will and his pat reply was: "I don't have a living will, but I have a will to live." "That pretty much sums it up," his daughter Lori Pfister of Tavares said. "He aggressively fought back with a determination to live and was still fighting with his last breath."

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - A high-ranking police official and the former tourism minister were among those behind the removal of homeless people from a Jamaican resort town last year, a police officer testified last week before an investigating commission. Police inspector Ainsworth Giddens, one of three charged with false imprisonment after an investigation last year of the July incident, said that Senior Superintendent Balwin Burey ordered the removal of the homeless from the streets of Montego Bay. On the night of July 14, 32 homeless people - many of them mentally ill - were loaded into a truck and unloaded in a deserted area nearly 50 miles away.

With no church secretary and no other paid staff, the Rev. James Shannon turns to his computer for help in his ministry.''I have my laptop (computer) secretary, and the Internet is my library,'' said Shannon, the Episcopal pastor of Christ Church Eddington, a small parish in Bensalem, Pa. ''I go online every morning. . . . I went on this morning, after I said my morning prayer.''As a subscriber to an $11-per-month online service called Ecunet, Shannon finds himself each day among thousands of clergy and other people exploring cyberspace.

Debbie Ainsworth of Orlando hit the road in early June with her h usband, Steve, and children Jeff, 12, and Sarah, 8. Their plan: To spend five days exploring the wonders of Washington, D.C., then sprnd a day each in Lancaster and Hershey, Pa. Here is Debbie's diary of the trip.Day 1: The road to Washington''How long till we're out of Florida?'' ''I'm thirsty.'' We hadn't gotten very far down the road to Washington, D.C., when the questions started coming. In fact, we weren't far down the road when we had to turn back to pick up some clothes we had forgotten.

Two men pleaded innocent to murder charges in the slaying of a man who prosecutors say offered a friend his pickup truck if the man would kill him. Gregory Lee Wood, 33, and William Joshua Young, 17, are charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the slaying of Frank Ainsworth. Ainsworth, 53, was upset his wife had left him and asked Wood to kill him in exchange for his 1954 Ford pickup, prosecutor Jim Conley said. Young agreed to take part in exchange for drugs, Conley said. Ainsworth's beaten body was found in his home March 5. He had called sheriff's deputies several times to say he was planning suicide, authorities said.

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - A high-ranking police official and the former tourism minister were among those behind the removal of homeless people from a Jamaican resort town last year, a police officer testified last week before an investigating commission. Police inspector Ainsworth Giddens, one of three charged with false imprisonment after an investigation last year of the July incident, said that Senior Superintendent Balwin Burey ordered the removal of the homeless from the streets of Montego Bay. On the night of July 14, 32 homeless people - many of them mentally ill - were loaded into a truck and unloaded in a deserted area nearly 50 miles away.

Beachgoers facing strict traffic regulations regarding driving and sunbathing this week are either confused by signs spelling out the new rules or ignoring them, officials say.For the first time in the city's history, specific traffic lanes have been established as commissioners try new methods to reduce the potential liability resulting from accidents, injuries and deaths. Since Tuesday city crews have set up 50 black and white signs marking the eastern boundary of the designated driving lanes and stating that no vehicles are allowed east of the signs.

If burning off calories is your only desire, sitting in a meeting can be as satisfying as vigorous lovemaking.Better yet, dig some worms.Of 250 activities recently ranked by a team of university researchers, only sleeping, sitting in a whirlpool and watching TV require less energy than sex.Top calorie-busters on the list include speed running, chopping wood with an ax at a fast clip and cross-country skiing uphill through hard snow, according to a report...